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A Romanian national living in New York was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Tuesday for her role in an ATM-skimming scheme that struck banks in lower Fairfield County, including in Cos Cob, Stamford and Darien.

Nadia Pasici, 50, of Queens, N.Y., must also pay a $5,000 fine and $60,664 in restitution, and will undergo two years of supervised release after she finishes her prison term, according to a release from the U.S. attorney's office.

Pasici, along with Laura Stiuca, Sabrina Matache, Ion Constantine and others, all of Queens, conspired to install skimming devices on ATMs and on card-swipe-access devices at People's United Bank locations in Connecticut, according to court documents and statements made in court.

The devices captured information on the magnetic strips of bank cards, according to the U.S. attorney's office. The conspirators also placed on ATMs devices that contained hidden pinhole cameras that recorded personal identification numbers from bank customers, according to the release. The conspirators used the stolen information to create counterfeit bank cards that allowed them to withdraw funds from customer accounts, according to the release.

In March and April 2010, Pasici and Stiuca, at Constantine's direction, used a PIN-capturing device at a People's United Bank ATM in Cos Cob, according to the release. From April 19 to 22, Matache and Stiuca used stolen bank account information to conduct unauthorized ATM withdrawals from People's banks in Stamford and Darien, according to the release.

Members of the Connecticut Financial Crimes Task Force arrested Pasici, Stiuca and Matache on April 22, 2010, at a People's bank in Darien. At the time of their arrests, they had about $2,000 in cash, handwritten notes with addresses of People's locations, ATM-skimming tools and other items used in the scam, according to the release.

Pasici previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and Constantine and Stiuca have also pleaded guilty, according to the release.

In December 2011, Constantine was sentenced to 46 months in jail, and Matache was sentenced to a year and a day, according to the release. Stiuca awaits sentencing.

The Connecticut Financial Crimes Task Force, which includes law enforcement officials from local and federal agencies, and the Greenwich Police Department, among others, conducted the investigation.

Staff writer David Hennessey can be reached at david.hennessey@scni.com or 203-625-4428.